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Jobless Claims Dip, But How Low is Too Low a Rate? – Daily Mortgage Rate Update for August 26th, 2010

August 26, 2010 by · 1 Comment

Today’s employment data is significant, as it highlights the job market that will come under intense focus next week. Remember that the first Friday of each month brings the monthly employment situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, commonly known as the jobs report. Next week’s report should be even more influential than others recently, as it will be free of distortion that has been caused by the recent hiring and subsequent layoff of almost 500,000 temporary census workers.